EMMERDALE star Gillian Kearney has dropped a major spoiler about her killer character Emma Barton, saying that before the mother-of-three finally gets her comeuppance she will turn to "desperate measures".

After Emma (played by Gillian) killed her husband James Barton (Bill Ward) nearly a year ago on the ITV soap, the unstable brunette has been fighting to conceal her horrifying secret from her family and neighbours.

While Laurel Thomas (Charlotte Bellamy) was hot on her heels, desperate to discover the truth about why her once-friend had been at the bridge when James died, it was her youngest son Finn Barton (Joe Gill) who actually caught her red-handed last month.

Speaking to Digital Spy about whether Emma will eventually lose all control, Gillian admitted: "Very much so. Things get more desperate and desperate measures are called for."

Now, as the troubled character struggled to maintain her grip on reality, Gillian has revealed that her story is about to hit its explosive conclusion.

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"The story is now reaching a peak and the audience are wanting to know what's going to happen when it all plays out," she revealed.

The 45-year-old actress continued: "I was excited when I found out what was going to happen. When I first spoke to our producer Iain MacLeod about it a few months ago, I was tired just listening to what was going to happen to Emma!

"So much happens to her in one week. She's going to be busy and the challenge is making it real, immediate, different and fresh."

Emmerdale boss Iain also recently told Express.co.uk that Emma will leave the series in a more “intense spectacle” than James, who perished in a humungous traffic pile-up.

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